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  • Teachers of the People

    Political Education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill

    by Dana Villa ...
    "Invaluable for those interested in the how 'the people' have been viewed in the history of political philosophy." —Educational TheoryThe year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented shock to political elites in both Europe and America. Populism was on the march, fueled by a substantial ignorance of, or contempt for, the norms, practices, and institutions of liberal democracy. It is not surprising that ... Read more

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  • Hannah Arendt

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dana Villa ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she was a student of the two major exponents of Existenz philosophy in Germany, Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger. Arendt escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, traveling first to Paris and then in 1940 to the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Arendt and Heidegger

    The Fate of the Political

    by Dana Villa ...
    Theodor Adorno once wrote an essay to "defend Bach against his devotees." In this book Dana Villa does the same for Hannah Arendt, whose sweeping reconceptualization of the nature and value of political action, he argues, has been covered over and domesticated by admirers (including critical theorists, communitarians, and participatory democrats) who had hoped to enlist her in their less radical ... Read more

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  • Socratic Citizenship

    by Dana Villa ...
    Many critics bemoan the lack of civic engagement in America. Tocqueville's ''nation of joiners'' seems to have become a nation of alienated individuals, disinclined to fulfill the obligations of citizenship or the responsibilities of self-government. In response, the critics urge community involvement and renewed education in the civic virtues. But what kind of civic engagement do we want, and ... Read more

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  • Arendt

    by Dana Villa ...
    Series series The Routledge Philosophers
    Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was a philosopher and political theorist of astonishing range and originality and one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. A former student of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, she fled Nazi Germany to Paris in 1933, and subsequently escaped from Vichy France to New York in 1941. The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) made her famous. After visiting ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Public Freedom

    by Dana Villa ...
    The freedom to take part in civic life--whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest--has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties. In Public Freedom, renowned political theorist Dana Villa argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American ... Read more

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  • Politics, Philosophy, Terror

    Essays on the Thought of Hannah Arendt

    by Dana Villa ...
    Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both because of its complexity and because her fame has made it easy for critics to write about what she is ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt

    Edited by Dana Villa ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Hannah Arendt was one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her particular interests have made her one of the most frequently cited thinkers of our time. This Companion examines the primary themes of her multi-faceted work, from her theory of totalitarianism and her controversial idea of the 'banality of evil' to her classic studies of political action and her final ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Hannah Arendt

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dana Villa ...
    Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 2 min

    Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she was a student of the two major exponents of Existenz philosophy in Germany, Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger. Arendt escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, traveling first to Paris, and then in 1940 to the United States, where she gained citizenship in 1951. As ... Read more

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  • Judgment, Imagination, and Politics

    Themes from Kant and Arendt

    Judgment, Imagination, and Politics brings together for the first time leading essays on the nature of judgment. Drawing from themes in Kant's Critique of Judgment and Hannah Arendt's discussion of judgment from Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy, these essays deal with: the role of imagination in judgment; judgment as a distinct human faculty; the nature of judgment in law and politics; and ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Simply Dreaming

    A Compilation of My Dreams

    In 2019, Pastor Dana had an alarming dream. When his dream recurred with more detail, he promptly shared the dream with a group of men he prayed with weekly. In March 2020, COVID-19 struck the world, revealing Pastor Dana's dream to be prophetic and disconcertingly accurate. While some, even in the Church, criticized Pastor Dana for the political aspects of what he had dreamed, the dream was also ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Philosophy in the Islamic World

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Peter Adamson ...
    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 57 min

    In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the ... Read more

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